- Proposed
- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Macrolepiota aberdarense Mbaluto & Otieno
- Scientific name
- Macrolepiota aberdarense
- Author
- Mbaluto & Otieno
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Agaricaceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Claudia Perini
- Comments etc.
- Claudia Perini
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Basionym: Macrolepiota dolichaula Fr., (Berk). Pegler & Rayner
= Agaricus dolichaulus Berk. & Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 27: 150 (1870).
= Lepiota dolichaula (Berk. & Br.) Sacc., Syll. Fung. 5: 32 (1887)
Heterotypic synonyms: refer to Pegler (1977, 1983) and Ge et al 2014.
Holotype – Mathioya, Nyeri County, coll. by O.D. Otieno
Mycobank: MB823875
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
The species has caracteristic morphology and is molecularly described and seems to be limited to one area in Kenia, the socalled Aberdare Forest in the National Park situated in centre of the country. The species was described in 2018 and till now seems to be endemic to that area.
Geographic range
Population and Trends
Man-made and natural calamities including deforestation, frequent fire out breaks and prolonged droughts have threatened the loss of gene pool of forest biodiversity
Population Trend:
Habitat and Ecology
Threats
Man-made and natural calamities including deforestation, frequent fire out breaks and prolonged droughts have threatened the loss of gene pool of forest biodiversity
Conservation Actions
Research needed
Use and Trade
Edible Mushroom and also used for medicinal properties by local population.
Bibliography
Country occurrence
Regional Population and Trends
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